Sink or shelf bracket.



B. A. BERGER.

SINK 0R SHELF BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY r7, r905.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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. panying .erence marked thereon, which form a part of To all whom it may concern:

hereinafter particularly described and then I UNITED t v ki g p'rrm r 1 13a v'n hi'lan lntlldiff i it ii BRUNO A. BERGER, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSltrh OR TO B. A. BERGER MANUI AC'IURI NG COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OI" RICHMOND VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION 01* VIRGINIA.

SINK OR SHELF BRACKET.

No. 918,415. Y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed July 17, 1905. Serial No. 270,069.

' Be it known, that I, BRUNO A. BERGER, a citizen of the United St ates, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Sink or Shelf Brackets; and I do declare the following to be a full,

thesame, reference being had to the accomdrawmgs, and to the figures of retthis specification.

My invention relates to brackets designed more particularly for supporting sinks but also capable of supporting a shelf.

' The object of the invention is to provide aconstruction in which the bracket not only can be readily attached and detached or ap plied without inconvenience from the brace of the bracket but in which also the brace will always form a permanent part of the bracket, thus guarding against the possibility of separation of the brace from the bracket and consequent liability of the same being lost either in shipment or in storage.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists in the features sought to be clearly defined, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof.

In the drawing Figure 1 represents a perspective of the bracket showing the brace in its normal position; Fig. 2 a front view of the bracket showing the brace swung to one side, in full line, out of the way in applying the bracket, and by dotted lines indicating how the brace may be swung to the other side of the bracket, in applying or removing the fastening means, and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view through a portion of the bracket.

The numeral 1 designates the sink or shelf supporting member of the bracket and 2 the Wall member thereof, said members standing 1 at an angle to each other, and as shown are l formed with eyes 3 and 4 with the free ends thereof spaced from their respective mem- 1 bers so as to receive the end. extensions 6 and 7 of the brace 5 and thus form a stronger connection at such points.

The numeral 5 designates the brace of the bracket and which ordinarily extends from near the end of one member to near the end of the other member, and at its oposite ends is formed with extensions (5 and 7 which lie parallel with the sink or shelf and the wall members of the bracket and designed to be secured thereto. Under my invention one end of the brace 5, for instance, the end (i is pivotally connected to the shelf or sink memher 1 by means of a pivot 9 so that the brace may be swung to either side of the bracket, and after the bracket has been secured to the wall by screws 10 passed through the holes 11 and the shelf or sink has been secured by bolts passed through the slot 12, the brace is swunginto position and secured to the wall member 2 by means of screw 13 passed through corresponding holes in the wall mem her and in. the free end of the brace, thus securing the brace in place and also serving to secure the bracket to the wall. This swinging feature is of importance because if the brace be permanently secured at its opposite ends to the wall and shelf members respectively of the bracket, said brace would interfere with the proper manipulation of the screw driver or tool for securing the bracket to the wall and also the shelf or sink to the horizontal member of the bracket. By pivoting one end of the brace to either the wall or shelf member of the bracket, said brace can be moved to either side of the bracket during the operation of placing the bracket in position or removing it therefrom. This enables the bracket to be applied at or near a corner with ease, and permits the brace to be swung in either direction according as the side wall may be at one side or the other of the bracket. By pivotally connecting one end of the brace to the bracket, the brace is always permanently connected with the other parts of the bracket so that there is no liability of it becoming separated therefrom and misplaced either while in storage or during transportation.

The bracket will preferably be made of steel although it may be made of other ma- I said members and having end extensions terial and embody the principal feature of fitting in the spaces between said members the invention. and the end portions of their eyes, substan- Having described my invention and set tially as described. 5 forth its merits, what I claim is In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature 15 A sink or shelf bracket composed of angui in presence of two Witnesses. larly disposed members each formed with an I BRUNO A. BERGER. eye at one end, with the end of the eye por- Witnesses:

tion spaced from its respective member, and ARTHUR E. CHAPMAN, 10 a brace bar pivotally connected with one of l B. M. PULLIAM. 

